CVE-2026-9053 (GCVE-0-2026-9053)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-22 02:57 – Updated: 2026-05-22 12:36
VLAI?
Summary
Mothra would respect a default value given by a website for HTML file upload forms. An attacker could craft a website with a malicious default file path, and then conceal this form element.
Severity ?
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/AU:N/R:A/RE:L/U:Amber
CWE
  • CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
9front 9front Affected: f04e113279274526a8dae34de373027b68921fbf , < d145acc9ef0da47131af6ad94e87264e04870d47 (git)
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Credits
Kristo Kristo Jacob Moody Kristo cinap_lenrek
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